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Guild's response to BBC proposals

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has issued its response to the announcement by Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC as part of the Corporation's Strategy Review.

Jeremy Howe

Radio 4 drama

Commissioning Editor, Jeremy Howe, sets out his plans - single drama to be protected.



Ben Bradshaw

Product placement

Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw outlines plans to relax rules on product placement on TV.



The Write Stuff

The Write Stuff

A new history of the Writers' Guild, written and researched by Nick Yapp, is now on sale.



Getting it Good, Getting it Right – an evening with David Edgar and Bryony Lavery - 29th April
Skills needs of the literature sector - consultation
Digital theft- UNI-MEI, the global arts and media union launches campaign
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Chalres Paris

Charles Paris

Jeremy Front on how he came to adapt Simon Brett's actor sleuth for BBC Radio 4.



Jayne Kirkham

Lobbying parliament

Guild members including Jayne Kirkham (left)  join other unions to help save scripted content.



David Edgar

Writ Large

David Edgar: what new Arts Council England reports tell us about new theatre writing.



Get-together for Guild members in Scotland - 17th March, 2pm, Edinburgh
Download the job specification for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain General Secretary
Writing For Publication - Philip Monks reports from the West Midlands Writers' Guild Branch event.
What Guild Members are getting up to - a weekly round-up